What is "pip"

Pip \Pip\, n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. p['e]pie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.] A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a ``scale'' on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Pip \Pip\, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip \Pip\, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.] One of the conventional figures or ``spots'' on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
--Addison.

Pip \Pip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.
--Boyle.

"seed of an apple," 1797, shortened form of pipin "seed of a fleshy fruit" (early 14c.), from Old French pepin (13c.), probably from a root *pipp-, expressing smallness (compare Italian pippolo, Spanish pepita "seed, kernel").

"disease of birds," late 14c., probably from Middle Dutch pippe "mucus," from West Germanic *pipit (cognates: East Frisian pip, Middle High German pfipfiz, German Pips), an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *pippita, unexplained alteration of Latin pituita "phlegm" (see pituitary).

"spot on a playing card, etc." c.1600, peep, of unknown origin. Because of the original form, it is not considered as connected to pip (n.1). Related: Pips.

Etymology 1 n. 1 Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryz

1. (from the 15th c.) 2 (context humorous English) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. Etymology 2

   n. 1 (context obsolete English) A pippin. 2 (cx UK English) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple. 3 (context US colloquial English) Something or someone excellent, of high quality. 4 (context British dated WW I signalese English) P in (w: RAF phonetic alphabet) Etymology 3

   n. 1 One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. 2 (context military public service English) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman. 3 A spot; a speck. 4 A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip. 5 A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation v

2. 1 To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin 2 To hit with a gunshot Etymology 4

   vb. 1 To peep, to chirp 2 (context avian biology English) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg Etymology 5

   n. One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call. Etymology 6

   n. (context finance currency trading English) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

1. n. a disease of poultry

2. a minor nonspecific ailment

3. a small hard seed found in some fruits

4. a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot]

5. a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface [syn: blip, radar target]

6. [also: pipping, pipped]

1. v. kill by firing a missile [syn: shoot]

2. hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit]

3. defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, mop up, whip, rack up]

4. [also: pipping, pipped]

Pips are small but easily countable items. The term is used to describe the dots on dominoes and dice, the symbols that denote suits and value of playing cards, as the name for the small seeds of some fruit, and sometimes as a synonym for "dot" in morse code.

Pip, Pips, Pipp, PIP or PIPS may refer to:

"Pip" (also known as "Great Expectations") is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 62nd episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 29, 2000 and was rated TV-MA. The episode is a parody and comedic retelling of Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations, and stars the South Park character Pip, who assumes the role of Pip, the protagonist of the novel, who is his namesake. "Pip" features no other regular characters from the show. The story is narrated in a live action parody of the anthology television series Masterpiece Theatre, with the narrator played by Malcolm McDowell.

Pip as a character was established to originate from the Dickens novel early on in the series, and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had the idea of retelling Great Expectations with the character for a long time. "Pip" has a unique design and animation compared to other episodes. To achieve this look, a lot of assets had to be built from scratch. This was a demanding task for the South Park studios at the time, and production of the episode was stretched out across several months. The concept of the episode changed significantly during this time; for example, the original plan was for the episode to be a musical.

Parker and Stone claim that "Pip" is one of the least popular episodes. The episode was written by Parker and directed by animation director Eric Stough. Since its original airing, it has been re-run infrequently on Comedy Central.

pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Many packages can be found in the Python Package Index (PyPI).

Python 2.7.9 and later (on the python2 series), and Python 3.4 and later include pip (pip3 for Python 3) by default.

pip is a recursive acronym that can stand for either "Pip Installs Packages" or "Pip Installs Python".

Pip (born "Phillip Andrew Arnold" in Marietta, Georgia on April 26, 1992) is an American funk-pop artist who participated in season 2 of The Voice as part of Team Adam Levine.

Philip Pirrip, called Pip, is the protagonist and narrator in Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations (1861). He is amongst the most popular characters in English literature, widely portrayed all over the world on stage and screen.

Pip narrates his story many years after the events of the novel take place. The novel follows Pip's process from childhood innocence to experience. The financial and social rise of the protagonist is accompanied by an emotional and moral deterioration, which finally forces Pip to recognize his negative expectations in a new self-awareness.

Pip is the nickname of:

• Philip Baker, one half of Pip and Jane Baker, a British television writing team
• Phillipa Brown (born 1979), stage name Ladyhawke (musician), New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician
• Percy Jack Clayson (1896-?), British First World War flying ace
• Philip Pip Elson (born 1954), English cricketer
• Arthur Fielder (1877-1949), English cricketer
• Philip John Gardner (1914-2003), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks (1895-1967), British Army brigadier general
• Philippa Pip Karmel (born 1963), Australian film director, editor and screenwriter
• Scottie Pippen (born 1965), American retired National Basketball Association player
• Patrick Playfair (1889-1974), Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force officer, air marshal
• Philip Pip Proud (1947–2010), Australian singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and dramatist
• Phillip Pip Pyle (1950-2006), English-born drummer
• Thomas Pip Rippon (1888-1950), English footballer
• George Philip Bradley Roberts (1906-1997), British Army major general
• Philippa Tattersall (born 1975), only woman to pass the All Arms Commando Course to join the British Royal Marines
• Philip Pip Williams (born 1947), British musician and record producer